Special Events

Dr. Sharifah Norkhadijah Syed Ismail is graduated from the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) with a Bachelor Science of Environmental and Occupational Health degree in 2003, and Master of Environmental Management (2006) and Doctor of Philosophy in Environmental Sciences (2011) from the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom. Her main research area is on environmental health modeling and waste management. She has won several awards nationally and internationally. Among them are the Gold Medal for the project entitled “Engaging students in systematic active learning through workbook strategy designated based on adult learning theory” at the Putra Innocreative Competition, Putra InnoCreative Carnival in Teaching and Learning 2019, Universiti Putra Malaysia. Internationally, she has won the Gold Medal in the 3rd International Invention Innovation Competition in Toronto, Canada, (iCAN 2018) and the Silver Medal in the 5th Korea Creative Invention Contest, (CiC 2018) for her innovation in the interactive household waste separation system. She spent her sabbatical leave in 2018, assisting the National Solid Waste Department of the Ministry of Housing and Local Government, Putrajaya in modeling the environmental health impact of the Pay as You Throw policy in the waste management system of the country. She has also been involved in the amendment of the National Solid Waste Management (SWM) Policy and the strategic plan. Her multi-discipline research background allowed her to be involved in a wide research portfolio. She has acquired several national research grants as of the project leader including the international research grants from the Sumitomo Foundation Japan and Pfizer US. She is a co-researcher for more than other 22 research grants with the amount. Her recent research project is the impact of COVID-19 on waste management in Malaysia. Dr. Sharifah is also a Research Associate of the Malaysian Research Institute on Ageing (MyAgeing). She has contributed significantly to many committees at the university and national levels such as in the University Code of Practice for Programme Accreditation (COPPA) and the National Solid Waste Management, Ministry of Housing, and Local Government. She has graduated 3 PhD students and 9 Master students under her supervision. She teaches and coordinates several subjects in the department inclusive of GIS application in the health modeling for the Master of Public Health program and waste management. She has a keen interest in the publication of research results in which over 92 scientific papers have been published, 10 reference books, and book chapters. She actively writes for scientific magazines such as Dewan Kosmik, Impak, Habitat, and newspapers. She is currently the President of the Environmental and Occupational Health Society (EOHS), a non-profit organization (NGO’s) that is actively involved in community work to increase public awareness about environmental and occupational health. The recent community project with this NGO was the Malaysian Youth Upcycle Challenge (MyYUC) 2020 works as a platform in cultivating the awareness about waste management and innovation spirit among the youth.